Improved bed-lounge



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. l 11i/:machina: Ben-LOUNGE.

4The Schedule referredto in these'letters Patent and making part. of the same.

To all'whom 'may concern: i v

Be it known that l, JAMES D. PRATT, of Cleveland,

county of Cuyahoga, and State of Ohio, have invented certain additional improvements on my Improved Bed-Lounge, forwhich a patent wasgranted to me fon the 16th dayof J nly last; and l do hereby declare Athat thefollowlng is a full and exact description thereof;-

rcference being had to the laccoinpanying drawings, in Which- .i Figure l is a top ViewV of the folding portion of the.

'bed-lounge open, a partjof the lining being removed to exposethe two rails, 'on each of which is placed a series of springs, aswill be explained; y

- Figure 2 is a front view. of same when folded, thev valance, or pendent hangings, being partially removed so as to exhibit the position of the said rails andseries of Hsprings when so folded on eachother; and

Figure 3 is a central cross-section of lig."'2, further illustrating the position of said rails and springs.

The same Vletters of reference are used in all the iigures to indicate the same parts. y -v My improvement consists in securing flat horizontal rails to the adjacent sides of the joined frames of the folding portion of the bed-lounge, (no side-rails being. used, ou which rails is placed a series of the usual upholstering-springs, so that when the frames are open the two sets of springs are closely parallel with each other, and thereby constitutea soft and elastic centre for the bed and when saidframes are closed, the said i two sets of sp'ings lie vertically one over .the other, `producing an elastic front edge of the lounge.

The following description will enable those skilled` j in the art to construct and use my said improvements.

- A, iig. l, is the foldingframe of the lounge, and B the fixed or stationary frame. ln the construction of the 'said frames, the innerflong side-rail of each is left out,'and fiat vhorizontalrails, C D, substituted, as seen 4in the figure. 'Arranged along the inner llatsnrfaces of said `rails GID are, sets of spiral upholsteryrsprings "E and Essecured thereto in the usual manner.

rllhe spacesGr and GA are .also filled withfsinlilar-v springs, so asto form the slning-bed proper.

The'frames'A-and B are connected with each other :by strong,broad stfraphinges H, as seen. 5 This forms a substantial and lasting connection, not likely to get broken oroutof order. 4

' The bottoms and tops of said flames are to be upholstered so as to sustain all the springs, and to form Vtheelastic bed, inv theffusual way of conducting this l partof thework. i

vIt'ivill be seen that by moans of the described arrangement of placing springs on dat horizontal rails, the centre ofthe bed will be soft and yielding; also, that thefront edge of the lounge, when closed,'will be elastic by means of the twosets of springs lying vertically on each other, the flat rails yielding in propor tion to their thickness and length.'

I claim so arranging the springs E and F on the flat A horizontal bars C and D, that the middle ofthe entire space of the bed shall present a soft and elastic surface, substantially as shown and described. g

"JAMES 1).'PRATT. Witnesses: Y

J. ESINGLE, FREDK. A.. BRAND. 

